Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: code generation?

> >--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "doug98105"
> ><dougrasmussen@c...> wrote:
> > Chris,
> >
> > What I meant was, I think everybody should know and understand
> > what's involved in programming before they buy CAM. I don't mean
> > you should actually program difficult tool paths by hand, you
> >should
> > certainly be capable of doing it, given the time and patience,
> > though.
> >
> > I don't see anything "hard" about hand coding a true-type font.
> > Tedious, yes, hard no. Convert to vector format, explode the
> > character in CAD and follow the path, just a bunch of G01, 02, 03.
> > Pretty basic CNC 101 stuff.
> >
> > Doug
>
>Doug,
>Please define TEDIOUS for us mere mortals.
>I have a file here in true type font that spells the name CALIFORNIA
>in raised text.
>It's 31,000 lines long.